What is Malware? Ransomware? Do We Still Say Virus?
Malware, ransomware, trojans, rootkits, and viruses. You may have heard some or all of these terms. But what do they mean? What is malware? In this article, we will discuss… Read more »
Category: Ransomware
Vaccinate Your Practice to COVID-19 Scams
With COVID-19 sweeping the planet, we have all had to change how we live our lives. This has created many new challenges to the way we work. Many practices have… Read more »
You’ve Been Hit with Ransomware, Here is How to Recover
One of your employees comes to you and says there is a funny message on your computer. You make your way to the computer in question to find a message… Read more »
Ransomware Attacks on Small Businesses Can be Devastating
Right before Christmas 2019, Arkansas based telemarketing firm, The Heritage Group, announced it was closing the company down. Earlier, in October, the company suffered a ransomware attack that crippled the… Read more »
Hundreds of Dentists Offices Hit with Ransomware
This past Monday, around 400 dental offices came to work to find that their data had been encrypted with ransomware. The outbreak occurred when Percsoft and the Digital Dental Record… Read more »
Ransomware Attacks Have Hit 40% of Healthcare Organizations
In 2017, the WannaCry ransomware was released in the wild. It wreaked havoc around the world due to a previously unknown vulnerability. This vulnerability was actually found and exploited by… Read more »
Why is Patch Management Important for HIPAA Compliance?
Patch management can be a tedious task for practices. It is time-consuming and sometimes, it can cause computers not to boot back up. Because of this, a lot of practices… Read more »
Ransomware attacks are getting more expensive for small businesses
The average cost of a ransom demanded by attackers with ransomware is at $13,000. Cybersecurity company, Coveware, handles ransomware attacks. From their figures, the amount that small businesses have to… Read more »
HIPAA Ransomware Attacks and How Criminals Make More Money
Criminals are in the business of making money. As more of our lives move to the Internet, criminals move there as well because money can be made. In fact, the… Read more »